ACCT556 Budgeting Project TO THE STUDENT Fantastic, Inc. is a case study which allows you to incorporate numerous financial and managerial accounting concepts into a single business setting. You will take the position of the company controller who will prepare the budget for the year ended December 31, 2006, using the actual data from 2001 through 2005 and information given to you by various departments. You will prepare a report for the president of the company describing the strengths and weakness of the corporation as well as to provide suggestions for the future. In short, you will be responsible for the planning and control procedures for the company from an accounting standpoint. In order to focus on important accounting …show more content…
Absorption costing is used for all outside reports. All non-direct fixed costs are allocated using various allocation bases as indicated throughout the project. The Company does not use a full ABC costing system; however, it does employee some of the ABC concepts in the budgeting process. The administrative department handles all of the purchasing, accounting, and secretarial duties in a highly efficient manner. The need for separate departments is not necessary at this time. 2005 INFORMATION SUPER STUPENDOUS DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT Number of machines available 26 20 Annual capacity per machine 15,000 gallons 15,000 gallons Annual production capacity 390,000 gallons 300,000 gallons Machine hours available per machine 1,800 hours 1,800 hours Standard machine hour per gallon .12 hour/gallon .12 hour/gallon Standard labor hour per machine hour 1.25 labor hr/mach.hr 1.25 labor hr/mach.hr Actual sales volume 420,000 gallons 268,200 gallons Number of hourly employees 29 21 Supervisors (one per each eight hourly employees) 4 3 Raw material prices Cans 40¢ each 40¢ each Pigment $2.75 per pound $3.75 per pound Raw material usage Cans one per gallon one per gallon Pigment two pounds per gallon two pounds per gallon Direct labor rate $8.25 per hour $8.25 per hour 2006 PROJECTED SALES INFORMATION The sales department feels very good about the prospects for 2006. The reputation of the
The purpose of this paper is to describe the budget process, variances and the major reasons of the variance to make all the financial decisions of the firm properly. This paper would also be helpful to explain that “make” or “Buy” decisions also play a significant role to improve the efficiency of the firm. In addition, the paper would also be useful to clarify that non-financial performance measure may be unsafe for the image of the firm.
The Report describes a proposal for the group of 20 of doctors with regard to the creating a hospital. Due to the 500,000 population of the city $100 million dollars would actually be a great start. Because the facility would be located 30 miles from the downtown area it would allow the facility to attract patients without being crowded. On the downside this affects its financial position and market condition because of distance. A lot of patients are not able to get to the doctor due to the high gas prices. Using various strategies, such as looking into ways to connect with public transportation to deal with this problem and gain
1-Describe the company that you currently work for, have previously worked for, or would like to work for in the future. Determine at least two (2) compelling reasons that this company should prepare and manage a budget. Predict the two (2) most likely positive and negative financial outcomes for this company if it properly or improperly performs effective budgeting.
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In this summary I’m going to discuss my findings while creating my budget worksheet. I’m working on my degree in Criminal Justice and perusing a career as a Probation Officer. In 2012, the median pay for Probation Officers was $48,190 yearly and $23.17 an hour. Monthly, my gross pay would be $4,015 before taxes. After using the pay check calculator for Virginia, I found that my net pay would be around $2,990 monthly. When creating my budget worksheet I used my current bills as well as made an estimate on some bills I would possibly have in the next couple of years. If I work just one job as a Probation Officer I will have enough income to support my needs, this is without children. I have made the decision to not have any children until I’m married and no longer have to survive off of one income. I was raise by a single mother that was making about poverty level income. She did the best she could to provide me with what I needed. I just wasn’t fortunate enough to have anything extra like new shoes and clothes every year. Seeing
By doing this project, it had opening my eye. I never realize had terrible I was on budget money. Even know, I’m in school right now, and I don’t have an income come in, I stilled have a problem when it comes to saving money. I mean in the summer time, when I have a job, I stilled spend my money on unnecessary items. However, I’m good on saving money for unexpected issues in life.
The accounting system we use today started in Venice in renaissance period over 520 years ago. The trade business increased hugely during this time and all the financial recordings had to be written down to help people see how their business is doing. During that time in 1494 the first book about was published in accounting by Luca Paciolli and was called “The Collected Knowledge of Arithmetic, Geometry, Proportion and Proportionality”. He was called “The father of Accounting” and most of his described principles have been used up until this day.
The costing technique followed by the Coca-cola Company is Process Costing which is one of the forms of Absorption Costing.
1. A brief history of the two organisations, and their objectives, in as far as they
Balance sheets and income statements are a snapshot of a company’s stability and financial situation. Combined the statements show the income, expenses, and stockholder’s equity in the company. These statements are often analyzed by financial institutions when a company comes to them needing a loan. Stockholders and other investors also look at these statements to make sure their investment will return a profit for them. This paper will look at four different companies and their balance sheets and income statements. The companies are Eastman Chemical Company, Covenant Transportation
The balance sheet and Income statement are the most important financial statements of the company that help conduct current analysis of company and evaluate its trends overtime. The balance sheet represents the company snapshots of its financial position on the last days of accounting period. Apple balance sheets, which represent a snapshot of its ending balances in asset, liability and equity account as of the date stated on the report, are changes each year from 2003 to 2014. On the other hand, the income statement shows its financial performance over 2003 to 2014. Apple basically ends its accounting period in September. Most of the long-term debts are in the form of the bonds. According to appleinsider.com, Apple recently issues a new euro bond worth about $2.26 billion with a maturity date on January 17, 2024 and coupon rate of 1.375% payable annually. The first payment will occur on January 17, 2016. Moody’s recently assigned a rating of Aa to Apple Inc. 's senior unsecured note issuance. Thus, Apple recent capital expenditure amount to 11,488 million according to morningstar.com. The analysis of financial statements is conduct to compare Apple with one of its closest rival Hewlett-Packard and twelve ratio were calculated. From table1 and chart1, the current ratio that determine the company ability to meet its short term obligation shows Apple’s current ratio is higher than that of Hewlett-Package from 2003 to 2014. That is, Apple is solvent than Hewlett Packard. Table
“Cash-flow projection statements are about the state of future cash flows, which means they require forecasts. This translates into multiple forecasts—sales forecasts, forecasts of expenses, forecasts for necessary investments, and forecasts for a business’s financing requirements.” (Cadden and Lueder, 2015.) Using a cash flow projection statement to forecast future inflows and outflows is especially vital when managing the finances of a small business. It allows for business owners to prepare and plan for a future fiscal period. To come up with an accurate cash flow forecast, the business owner should closely examine and analyze the company 's historic cash flow statement, meaning expenditures and sales. By examining the statement it can be predicted when there will be an increase sales, and when there may be a dip. This allows the business owner to be prepared with the correct amount of inventory, and to plan for the financial ups and downs.
For this piece of assignment, a cash budget will be made for Doomy Corporation for the second quarter of the year. For this budget, all the sales figures for the second quarter and some of the expenditure have been given. Hence, to prepare a cash budget, the sales figure given will be used and some calculations will be worked out in order to fully prepare an outstanding budget for Doomy Corporation the following information will be used efficiently.
Absorption costing is required for external reporting. The rationale is that fixed manufacturing overhead is a product cost and, thus, it should be added to variable production cost and assigned to inventory. The total cost per unit will be shown as an expense only in the period in which the related products are sold.
Marvin Braun had just been appointed vice president of the Great Basin Region of the Financial Services Corporation (FSC). The company provides check processing services for small banks. The banks send checks presented for deposit or payment to FSC, which then records the data on each check in a computerized database. FSC sends the data electronically to the nearest Federal Reserve Bank check-clearing center where the appropriate transfers of funds are made between banks. The Great Basin Region consists of three check processing centers in Eastern Idaho—Pocatello, Idaho Falls, and Ashton. Prior to his promotion to vice president, Mr. Braun had been manager of a check processing